Clothes-drier.



No. 670,02. Y Patentedmar. :9,1 |901.

0. A. GUEB.

CLUTHES DRIER.

(Application tiled Apr. 3, 1900.,

(No Nudel.)

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OT'IO A. GORR, OF EAST FARMINGTON, WISCONSIN.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,102, dated March 19, 1901.

Application filed 4April 3, 1900. Serial No. 11,414. (No model.)

To (all whom, it may concern:

Ile it known that I, OTTO A. GORR, a citizen of the United States, residing` at East Farmington,in the county of Polk and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers; and 1 do declare the 'following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to improvements in clothes-driers; and its main Objectis to so improve upon the clothes-drier described in my recent application, Serial No. 6,456, tiled February 26, 1900, for Letters Patent of the United States, that the rack and cog-wheel forming the main mechanism may be concealed and protected from the weather. This object 1 attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a central vertical section through my new clothes-drier with most of the clothessupporting bars omitted. Fig. 2 is an en larged vertical central section through the lower half of the standard e in Fig. 1 looking from left to right. Fig. 3 is atop View ofthe standard 4, showing the spider or guide 6 secured in it.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, e is a tube or hollow standard secured in the ground 5 or to any other rigid object. In the upper end of this standard I secure a spider 6, having a central square hole 7, guiding the square rod 8, which has its upper end secured bythe nut 9 in the square socket 10 ot` a cap 1l and its lowerend secured by the nut 12 in the square socket 13 of a yoke le, which if smaller than the inner diameter of the standard may be guided in it by rollers l5 at one or both ends of the yoke. One of the parallel bars of said yoke l-i is a rack 1b or is provided at its inner side with teeth, as shown.

17 isashaft journaledtransversely through the standard and provided in the center of same with a cog-wheel, (in the present instance of the ratchet wheel type.) This wheel 18 is secured on its shaft, ills between the bars of the yoke, and engages the rack 16 thereof, while the fianges 19 of the wheel engage the dat sides ot' the yoke, and thus guide the latter from slipping` toward either end of the teeth of the wheel. Beyond the standard are secured on the shaft 17 a handcrank 2O and a ratchet-wheel 21, which may be held in any position by the pawl 22, pivoted at 23 to the side of the standard.

To the inside of the lower edge of the cap 11 I secure by the rivets 24 or similar means a thin tube 25, which hangs down loosely about the standard. Upon the lower end of said tube 25 is secured by the rivets 26 the short sleeve 27, which between its integral collar 28 and its set-screwed collar 29 carries the regular rotating spider .30, in which the clothes -supporting bars 3l are secured by bolts in the manner shown.

In operation when the crank 20 is turned the yoke 14 16 is thereby raised and lowered, and with the yoke move the rod 8, cap 1l, tube 25, and spider 30, so that the latter is raised and lowered by the crank and secured at any desired elevation by the pawl 22 and ratchet-wheel 21. The spider turns on the sleeve 27, because the latter is prevented from turning by its connection with the square rod 8, sliding in the square hole 7 in the guide 6.

Many modifications may be made without diverging from the principle of the invention, which is mainly the telescoping post and capped tube, with operating mechanism contained inside the same, so that no snow, ice, or dirt of any kind can blow into and clog up the gear or obstruct or damage it.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let- 1ers Patent, is-

1. A clothes-drier comprising in combination, a hollow standard or upright, an outer tube closed at its top and telescoping downward upon the standard, a spider carried by said tube and provided with clothes-supporting arms, a hand-crank outside the standard, and mechanism operated thereby inside the standard, and connected with the upper end of said tube, in a manner enabling the tube to be raised and lowered by the crank.

2. In a clothes-drier, the combination with a hollow upright or standard'havinga trans- Versely-journaled shaft provided with a crank ICO Outside the standard, and a oog-wheel inside the standard, aud having in its upper end a guide with a central hole adapted to guide and prevent turning of a rod, of a slidable rod inserted in said guide and carrying at its lower end a guided rack engaging the cogwheel, and at its upperend a eap from which extend downwardly upon the standard, a tube carrying between two collars, a revoluble spider having arms for supporting the clothes to he dried, and means for holding the tube and spider at any desired elevation.

3. In a elothes-drierof the Class described, the combination with a hollow standard, of a spider-carrying tube sliding thereon and closed at its upper end, a rod secured in said upper end and having to its lower end secured a yoke Consisting of two parallel bars,

one of which forms a rack having its teeth adjacent the other bar, a cog-wheel engaging the teeth of the rack and touching loosely the other bar of the yoke, said wheel also having the side flanges or guards 19, so that the rack is guided at both sides, and by its blank bar held iu propel' meshing Contact with the wheel; said wheel having a shaft journaled in the standard and provided with a hand-crank for turning it, and with means for looking it, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO A. GORR. Witnesses:

ROBERT G. GORR, EARNEST SCHMIDT, 

